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Harlem On My Mind
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Ethel Waters
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Emeralds in my bracelets, diamonds in my rings A Riviera chateau and a lot of other things And I'm blue, so blue am I Lots of ready money in seven different banks I counted up this morning, it was 'bout a million francs And I'm blue, so blue and I know why I've got Harlem on my mind And I'm longin' to be lowdown And my, 'Parlez-vous' will not ring true With Harlem on my mind I've been dined and I've been wined But I'm headin' for a showdown 'Cause I can't go on from night to dawn With Harlem on my mind I go to supper with a French Marquis Each evening after the show My lips begin to whisper, "Mon Cheri" But my heart keeps singin', "Hi-de-ho" I've become too damned refined And at night, I hate to go down To that high-falutin' flat that Lady Mendl designed With Harlem on my mind I've got Harlem on my mind And I'm longing to be lowdown And my, 'Parlez-vous' will not ring true With Harlem on my mind I've been dined and I've been wined But sure as your born, I'm headin' for a showdown 'Cause I can't go on from night to dawn With Harlem on my mind And when I'm bathing in my marble tub Each evening after the show I get to thinkin' 'bout that Cotton Club And my heart starts chirpin', "Hi-de-ho", help me I've been too damned refined And at night, I hate to go down To that flat with fifty million Frenchmen taggin' behind With Harlem on my mind
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